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Show SALT LAKE CITY. BigbU and Peene in anrl Aronnd tt InterTDountain Metropolii Infor matioQ fur Oar Viaiton. 1 GUIDE TO THE" TOURISTi Bait laka'i Location. Attraotionl 4 Climata Qarfield Beach and Other Placet of Intereit. The city of Salt Lake has a fam 1 which rt-ai ht' around th world. Th population la about 55,000, and ia in envwiug at a rapid rate. It ia ituatet at the base of the Wasatch mountain ia a lovely valley, rich in agricultural ri aourccg and ia eighteen milea distant from Great Salt Lake. Its elavatlott above soa level ia 4,350 feet. There ar mntiv points of interest to visitors In the city "and uoar it. Her are some ot them: Th Tamplo. Thl magnifieent cream whlf o pmnite structure was began April B, 1953. It ' Is lOOnSOO feet, the walls are 100 feet high, and the towers, when comploted.j will 1ms 200 feet height. ()wr $3,500,000 hare been expended on the toiuyle. and' It is now nearing completion. In th auie square with rho temple is the spa cious building called Tba Tabaraaalaa Here are hold the services of the rnoi mon churoh and thse are attended every Sunday by an immonce congregation congrega-tion of people, both mormon and gi tile. The structure is ovai in shape, seventv-five feet high and U60xl50 feeti In leneth and breadth. It has a seating; rapacity of 12.000 people, and here may be heard what is ol.liined to bethelin-est bethelin-est organ in the world. Patti once sano; in the tabernacle, and demontratedtha its acoustio powers are very tine. Tba Ur4a llaww wr Amelia palace, was built by Brighao Toting who willed that H couM be tbet, residence of his favorite wife. Ameliaj Folsom Young, but since his deatb itt has been useaas the olHoial residency, of dignitaries of the church. Biicbaaa Taoac'a AmMmm known as the Beo-Hlve emd the Iionf House are old-fashioned structure curious from associations. These era Situated in what was once Brighana Young's domain, allofwhirh has passed . ItitJ other bauds, save the hirge lot In iu which ia Brigham Young's grave. Fraapaa Ujrl with it lookout tower commands m ' splendid view of the city and Its eur ' roundtngs. Tba Tllklac BBildlaa; possesses interest as being the general depot for taxeecollected bythemormois church from, it disciples. Liberty Park, In the southeastern portion of the eity is a beautiful resort aud can be reaoheui by rapid transit trains. Tba Ctaaanbar mi Comaaaraa. on Second South street is visited ty those who tako an Interest in the commercial com-mercial standingof the city. There aro several large cases containing specimens speci-mens of Utah's mineralogy wnica ab ' tract muoh atteutiou. alt Laka Thaatar. This latter plaee of omoerment ws built by BrieWrt Yonng over thirty rears ago. It is a large and beautiful temple and eomfortabiy arranged. ' Aaaambly Hall. sear the temple, is used In winter fop worship by the mormons, the tal-.rna-Ble being too large to admit of proper beating. Assembly hall is 120x88 feet and cost 150,000. The ceiling is dec-- , orated which church pictures among Shem the Angel Moroni disclosing the-hiding the-hiding place of the golden plates t Josepn Smith. Oaaap Dana;la(. three miles east of the city and over 400 feet above it is beautifully laid out in the midst of lawns and orchards, and! fcho barracks and houses of the officers are built of stone. The post commands a wide view of the city and beyond) where Great Salt Lake lies molten sliver sli-ver at the foot of the western mounw tains. Baek'e Bat Sprnara are m the northern part of the city about three miles from the business center They issue from the base of the mountains, moun-tains, and are regarded as a very valuable valua-ble aid in cases of rheumatism dyspepsia dyspep-sia aud scrofulla. The wabeis are use. I both internally and externally, and there is an excellent baJi house an necessary appointment for the comfort f patieuts. Tba Warm Snlphor Bprtaga 'are between the Hot Springs and thb city, about one mile from the postoflioe. There is a good hotel and comfortable bath house in connection with the springs, aud tbey ca be reached by street railway. Tba Moaatalae are unsurpassed in magnificent conons. and at least a dozen of tho grandest are within reach of tho city. These invite the tourist to spend days, weeks or months among their wild recesses to fish, to hunt, to scale the peaks and ridges, and to gaiher wild flowers by the mossy springs, beneath the shade ol umbrageous pines. Big Cottonwood canon should be seen by every tourist. Here are lake Mary and Martha from which flows the turbulent. C ottonwood river; aud at the bae. of the mountains are lakes Blanche, 1'lorence and Lilian. Besides these are Mills creek, Parley' Emigration, and City Crock cartons, all extremely picturesque and duiigulfulljl romantfo. Flaaaaaft Drtvaa abound in scores around the outskirts. of the city; along the quiet country roads, and through tlio lanes dividing meadows of rich green nlfalfa and fields of grain; while the majestic mountains aro never entirely lost sight of. From under the branches of trees and above ; hedges of the wild dog-rose glimpses are caught of snow covered peaks. A drive to Fort Pouglas, and llieu a mile further out to the mouth of Kmigralioa eauon is almost delightful. It was here j that the sight of tho mormon pioneers na first made glad by the vast expanse I of Salt Lake valley suddenly burst upoa them, on the 24th of July, 1847. Tba Urvat Sail Laka, "I think," says Ernest Ingersoll, "few, persons realize how wondorfully straugely beautiful this island k is," ' and speaking of its sunsets Phil Kotrroi I son had said: "Where have I not sees '; i Btinset. by land and sea, in Asia, Af i rica, Kurope and America, and where : can I 6ay I have ever sen more won-: won-: derouscoloring.more electrifying effects j than in the sunset on the Greit JSall ' Lake of Utah." Salt Lake is as cemotv' ' ful a sheet of water as can be found ; anywhere. The wares are bright bine I ergreen.and as they dance ra its surface it would be hard to tell which color pre- I vails. It is dotted with beautiful Islands, and it affords the- fineat salt h ater in the world. |